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Old Dec 24, 2013 | 01:59 PM
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Exclamation The Best Way to Clean Your Interior!

Found this posted by someone else on the interwebs



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Old Dec 24, 2013 | 02:51 PM
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Isn't that the way you're supposed to do it? Lol!
 
Old Dec 24, 2013 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SickVeilsideZ
Isn't that the way you're supposed to do it? Lol!

Only way to be sure you get all the dirt out!
 
Old Dec 24, 2013 | 03:03 PM
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Seems legit. That's how I've seen them do trade in cars at the dealerships before they put them back up front to be sold lol!
 
Old Dec 24, 2013 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SickVeilsideZ
Seems legit. That's how I've seen them do trade in cars at the dealerships before they put them back up front to be sold lol!
Oh god, my Fit was so dirty when I bought it CPO. I refused to let them wash it and the salesman was totally tripping lol
 
Old Dec 24, 2013 | 03:12 PM
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Lol! Yeah I know what you mean, no one can clean my car like I can. A "wash" is never a "wash" with me, always turns into a full detail inside and out.
 
Old Dec 24, 2013 | 03:17 PM
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being this guys looks like he's in asia, it could be a flooded/tsunami'd vehicle. most asian countries have to salvage the cars, since its way more expensive to replace them.
 
Old Dec 24, 2013 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SickVeilsideZ
Lol! Yeah I know what you mean, no one can clean my car like I can. A "wash" is never a "wash" with me, always turns into a full detail inside and out.
Same here, you will never see me paying for a car wash because they don't do as good of a job as I can

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being this guys looks like he's in asia, it could be a flooded/tsunami'd vehicle. most asian countries have to salvage the cars, since its way more expensive to replace them.
I really hope thats what happened here rather than he just doesn't know how to clean a car
 
Old Dec 24, 2013 | 03:49 PM
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Looks like it's a Freed or Spike.

I understand he wants it clean but daaaaaaaaaayum.
 
Old Dec 24, 2013 | 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SickVeilsideZ
Seems legit. That's how I've seen them do trade in cars at the dealerships before they put them back up front to be sold lol!
Really? No joke?
 
Old Dec 27, 2013 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Wanderer.
Really? No joke?
Unfortunately, he is telling the truth. Well, at least I've seen it at the Honda dealership where I used to work at. Not exactly like the one in the pics, but I've seen the detailers pressure wash the interior of used vehicles and either crank the heat up or leave the vehicle out in the sun to dry.
 
Old Dec 29, 2013 | 09:06 PM
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I just seems like that wouldn't dry very well... I guess one could take the seats out to let them dry in the sun?
 
Old Dec 29, 2013 | 10:19 PM
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If the carpet had any padding, it would never dry. With the Fit, however, might not be a problem. Cheapest carpet on any vehicle I've ever owned, with no padding either.
 

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Old Dec 29, 2013 | 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Rbneron
If the carpet had any padding, it would never dry. With the Fit, however, might not be a problem. Cheapest carpet on any vehicle I've ever owned, with no padding either.
Lol... true enough!
 
Old Dec 29, 2013 | 11:34 PM
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From experience, I owned a Jeep Cherokee that took on water and soaked the pad. It was still wet weeks later. I ended up ripping out all if the carpet, removing the padding, using truck bed liner in the cab, then reinstalling the carpet without the padding (so would readily dry if it got wet again).

Ironically, while I don't plan on fording with the Fit, the carpet would probably dry on it's own.
 
Old Dec 30, 2013 | 08:03 AM
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I honestly wasn't thinking about the carpet as much as I was all the little nooks and crannies of the seats... just doesn't seem like they would recover from that so well.
 
Old Dec 30, 2013 | 06:55 PM
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the interior connectors are not weather proof so not sure how that works. lol..
 
Old Dec 30, 2013 | 10:36 PM
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He washed the radio, lets keep that in perspective
 
Old Dec 30, 2013 | 11:12 PM
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He washed the radio, lets keep that in perspective
Hah! Good point... how is that supposed to work?
 
Old Dec 30, 2013 | 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by cwinfrey
Hah! Good point... how is that supposed to work?
I find the radio screen can get dusty, I think that might be overkill for cleaning it
 



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